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• Woman stomped to death in southeast Austin after fight over cell phone

  23-01-2017 23:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman died from her injuries last week after being attacked over a borrowed cell phone in southeast Austin.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 18, Austin police were called to 1701 E. Riverside Dr., just east of Interstate 35. Officers arrived and found a man and a woman, noting the woman, identified as Luz Devina Munoz, 39, was lying on the ground and unresponsive but alive.
  The man, Munoz’s boyfriend, told officers that two men pulled up in an SUV and began to fight with him. The
  
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• Violent fight over cell phone ends in Austin woman’s death

  23-01-2017 23:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman died from her injuries last week after being attacked over a borrowed cell phone in southeast Austin.
  At around 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, Austin police were called to 1701 E. Riverside Dr., just east of Interstate 35. Officers arrived and found a man and a woman, noting the woman, identified as Luz Devina Munoz, 39, was lying on the ground and unresponsive, but alive.
  The man, Munoz’s boyfriend, told officers that two men pulled up in an SUV and began t
  
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• Roddick going into Tennis Hall of Fame

  23-01-2017 23:39 via kxan.com
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Kim Clijsters and Andy Roddick have been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
  Both were briefly ranked No. 1 and won the U.S. Open.
  Clijsters, a Belgian, won a total of four Grand Slam singles titles — the U.S. Open in 2005, 2009 and 2010, and the Australian Open in 2011 — along with two major doubles titles.
  Roddick’s 2003 U.S. Open championship makes him the most recent American man to win a Grand Slam singles trophy. Roddick won 32 car
  
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• Pedestrian hit on I-35 flyover ramp dies several days later

  23-01-2017 23:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who was hit while trying to cross Interstate 35 earlier this month died from his injuries, police say.
  Austin police say the crash happened on Wednesday, Jan. 11 just before 7 a.m. Initial information indicates a driver in a Chevrolet pickup truck was going northbound on I-35, which then turns into the exit ramp of US 290 East. As the driver was entering the ramp, a pedestrian, identified as Andrew Chetwood, 24, tried to cross and was hit. The driver did stop to help
  
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• H-E-B opens Whataburger attached to its convenience store in Hutto

  23-01-2017 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — Burgers or sushi? H-E-B is putting the choice at your fingertips with a new collaboration in Hutto.
  The grocery store chain has opened the first Whataburger drive-thru in Central Texas connected to its convenience store at the H-E-B plus! in Hutto.
  Located at 5000 Gattis School Road, next to State Highway 130, the H-E-B plus! first opened its doors in November 2016. Starting Monday, when you go to fuel up your car, you can grab a burger and fries to go. In a
  
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• Cheapest ticket for Super Bowl LI will still cost you thousands

  23-01-2017 22:40 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — Even though the Cowboys and Texans were booted out of contention for Super Bowl LI more than a week ago, that’s not stopping Texans from buying the bulk of the tickets to the big game in Houston.
  According to StubHub, as of Jan. 23, the cheapest ticket available for Super LI is $3,525; while the average ticket price is running at $5,029, which is down nearly 8 percent for this time last year. During last year’s Super Bowl between the Panthers and Br
  
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• Teenager crushed to death by backhoe in San Antonio

  23-01-2017 22:04 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — A construction foreman described as “careless” by an employee crushed a 19-year-old woman with a backhoe in San Antonio on Monday, resulting in her death.
  Bexar County deputies were called to the 13700 block of Potranco Road, on the city’s far west side. Deputies say the foreman didn’t see the woman, identified as Destiny Rodriguez, inside a dig site when he dropped the backhoe bucket on top of her, according to the San Antonio Express-News
  
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• Alec Baldwin to host SNL for 17th time

  23-01-2017 21:54 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (KXAN/AP) — If you’re yearning for more of Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of President Donald Trump, you’ll love the news that Baldwin is hosting Saturday Night Live on Feb. 11 for a record-setting 17th time.
  On Monday morning, SNL tweeted a picture showing Alec Baldwin and musical guest Ed Sheeran scheduled for Feb. 11. Baldwin has been portraying Trump on a semi-regular basis this season, and while most of the comments on his performance have been positive,
  
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• CAMPO seeks input from blind and visually impaired for 2045 plan

  23-01-2017 21:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you’re trying to plan how people will move around the Austin area in the coming decades, you need to hear from a lot of people, and not just the folks behind the wheel.
  That’s something the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, is looking to keep in mind for their 2045 plan. They are tackling their first-ever regional active transportation plan. This means they want your feedback on how to enhance the network of trails, sidewalks,
  
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• Self-driving vehicles could hit Texas highways soon

  23-01-2017 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Self-driving cars operating on major highways in Texas isn’t happening yet, but you’ll probably see technology being tested on our busy freeways pretty soon.
  The Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently co-signed a Memorandum of Understanding spelling out the guidelines that would allow TTI to begin testing connected and automated vehicle technologies on state highways. Before any automated vehicl
  
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• Memorial marker in Horseshoe Bay honors DPS Ranger who died in 1987

  23-01-2017 20:47 via kxan.com
  
  HORSESHOE BAY, Texas (KXAN) — Thirty years after being killed in the line of duty while rescuing a kidnapped child in Horseshoe Bay, the state is honoring Texas Ranger Stan Guffey with a memorial marker.
  On Sunday, Jan. 22, members of Guffey’s family along with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas Rangers Association Foundation attended a dedication ceremony at the Horseshoe Bay Police Department. A patrol boat at the police department was also named in his
  
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• Frito, the dog, takes to social media to find his siblings

  23-01-2017 20:20 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — If humans can take to social media to find their family members, why can’t dogs?
  Frito, a one-and-a-half-year-old Chihuahua mix, along with his human mom are turning to Facebook in hopes of finding his brothers and sisters who were adopted from Texas Humane Heroes back in October 2015. On Sept. 21, 2015, Frito (then named Sherman) and his six siblings were transferred to Texas Humane Heroes from Humane Society of Central Texas in Waco to find their n
  
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• Deputy charged with attempted murder shoved pills down elderly victim’s throat

  23-01-2017 20:18 via kxan.com
  
  SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – An 18-year veteran of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested on numerous charges, including attempted murder.
  Sheriff Knight said allegations that Frankie Eugene Bybee, 46, was harassing a 79-year old woman led to an investigation into the deputies actions.
  Sheriff Knight asserted Bybee took care of the elderly woman’s dog, visited her in the hospital and introduced her to his family – all in an effort to gain her trust.
  The
  
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• 3 dead, 2 hurt identified in Texas double murder-suicide

  23-01-2017 20:00 via kxan.com
  
  MANVEL, Texas (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine why a man fatally shot two people and wounded his wife and another woman before killing himself at a Houston-area home.
  The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office on Monday said the suspect, 28-year-old Muhammad Hasan Nawazkhan, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  Dispatchers received a call early Sunday from an unidentified man saying he’d shot his wife. Deputies found Nawazkhan’s body and the other victims at a ho
  
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• Is 4th time the charm for statewide ban of texting while driving bill?

  23-01-2017 19:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – For the last three Texas legislative sessions, two lawmakers have been pushing for a statewide ban on texting while driving. They’re trying again this year after their proposed bill has failed every time.
  Senator Judith Zaffirini and Representative Tom Craddick have filed Senate Bill 31 and House Bill 62, identical bills in each chamber that will make texting while driving a crime across the state.
  The act is already banned in more than 90 cities across the state
  
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• Lawmakers face criticism for social media response to Women’s March

  23-01-2017 18:59 via kxan.com
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state senator who had cybersex with a woman on a state computer is facing criticism again for a retweet suggesting that demonstrators at a women’s march weren’t attractive enough to be sexually assaulted.
  Republican state Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion on Sunday retweeted a comment by conservative personality Larry Elder that mocked three women pictured with signs protesting Donald Trump’s comments about touching women inappropriately. Abov
  
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• Trump moves to pull US out of Pacific-Rim trade deal

  23-01-2017 18:39 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved to pull the United States out of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise as he began his first full week in office.
  “Great thing for the American worker that we just did,” Trump said as he signed a notice in the Oval Office.
  The president also signed memorandums freezing most federal government hiring, though he noted an exception for the military, and reinstating a ban on providing f
  
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• Title of Star Wars Episode 8 will be “The Last Jedi”

  23-01-2017 18:30 via kxan.com
  
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — It’s official! We have the name of the next Star Wars movie!
  Episode 8 will be titled “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”
  Disney made the announcement on the official Star Wars Facebook page this morning. The movie is written and directed by Rian Johnson. J.J. Abrams is serving as executive producer.
  “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will hit theaters on December 15.
  
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• Report: More than 6,000 state employees on food stamps

  23-01-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas state employees took to the steps of the Capitol Monday to call attention to new data that shows more than 6,000 of them are on food stamps.
  The report from the Health and Human Services Commission says that taxpayers are shelling out over $119 million that goes towards food stamps and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for more than 40,000 children of state workers.
  Representative Donna Howard joined members of the Texas State Employees Union to call on la
  
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• Gov. Abbott: Travis County Sheriff’s ICE policy frivolous, reckless

  23-01-2017 17:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott is doubling down on his stance on how Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez plans on dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. On Friday, Sheriff Hernandez released a statement outlining the policy changes and describing how she will prohibit Travis County deputies and jailers from inquiring about someone’s immigration status.
  Gov. Abbott quickly responded in a Tweet by saying he will cut funding for Travis County for adopting &ldquo
  
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• Man bites ear off another man during argument about Trump

  23-01-2017 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police say a man bit the ear off another man in Pittsburgh as they argued about President Donald Trump.
  The 30-year-old victim was bitten at his apartment at around 6:45 a.m. Monday in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood after a verbal argument turned physical. He ran to a gas station for help.
  Police spokeswoman Emily Schaffer says she isn’t able to say whether the victim supported Trump or opposed him.
  The victim’s ear was recovered by police in the a
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Texas appeal over voter ID law

  23-01-2017 16:47 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Texas in its effort to restore its strict voter identification law.
  The justices said they will not review a lower court ruling that held the law was discriminatory. That court ordered changes in the law before the November election.
  Chief Justice John Roberts said in a brief statement that the court could take up the case at a later date because the case is continuing in federal district court in Texas. A hearing that h
  
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• Grass fire destroys 60 acres, barn and tractor in Fayette County

  23-01-2017 16:11 via kxan.com
  
  WALDECK, Texas (KXAN) – A large grass fire in Fayette County on Sunday is believed to have been started by the remnants of a controlled burn from last week.
  The fire was first reported in the Waldeck area on Bell Settlement Road off of Farm to Market 1291 just before 2 p.m. Heavy smoke prompted a response by three firefighting agencies and law enforcement for traffic control.
  Sixty acres of land and a barn containing a tractor and other equipment were destroyed. Thirty-five bales of h
  
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• Barton Springs pool reopens after flooding

  23-01-2017 15:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) –  Barton Springs Pool has reopened after a heavy rains caused a need for closure.
  The Austin Parks & Recreation Department said their staff had to assess pool conditions as floodwaters receded.
  The pool was closed in August 2016 when flash flooding hit Barton Creek and again in May and June.
  For more information, you can call the Barton Springs Pool hotline at 512-867-3080 or Austin Parks and Recreation Department’s Aquatic Administration Traini
  
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• Burnet schools search for ‘young people’ responsible for vandalism

  23-01-2017 15:29 via kxan.com
  
  BURNET, Texas (KXAN) – Two Burnet CISD school buildings were vandalized over the weekend, according to a Facebook post made by Superintendent Keith McBurnett.
  The former Burnet Elementary and current Quest High School were both vandalized with broken windows and discharged fire extinguishers Saturday night. An additional window was also broken on Sunday night.
  McBurnett said a similar scenario happened two weeks ago at Burnet Elementary and the new AgriLife Extension Building. He said
  
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• Lawyers: Police wrongly arrested some on Inauguration Day

  23-01-2017 14:27 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Some innocent observers, including two journalists, were improperly swept up in a group of 230 people arrested after self-described anti-capitalists began breaking windows in Washington on Inauguration Day, lawyers said.
  The group was charged Saturday with felony rioting, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.
  Protesters smashed the windows of an emergency vehicle as well as windows at a Starbucks and two banks and set fire to a limousine, cou
  
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• Study shows most parents are incorrectly medicating children

  23-01-2017 14:09 via kxan.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A recent study shows most parents are making big dosing errors with their children’s medication. Researchers said parents are struggling with instructions and dosing tools, so 24 Hour News 8’s Nina Criscuolo spoke with a local pharmacist to get tips to make sure you get your measurement correct.
  More than 2,000 parents participated in the study. Of them, about 85 percent made dosing errors during hypothetical situations set up by the researchers. Of those
  
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• Matt Damon says he’ll pitch clean water to Trump

  23-01-2017 14:04 via kxan.com
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Matt Damon took the cause of clean water to the Sundance Film Festival, where he said he’s hoping to pitch Donald Trump on the issue.
  Damon told The Associated Press on Saturday that clean water accessibility isn’t a partisan issue and demands “an all-hands-on-deck approach to solve this.” The actor has publicly supported Democrats, including Hillary Clinton.
  When asked his response to the election, Damon demurred and said hopes Trump wil
  
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• Luke Bryan to sing National Anthem at Super Bowl LI

  23-01-2017 13:40 via kxan.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Country singer Luke Bryan will take the stage at Super Bowl LI next month.
  He is performing the National Anthem at the pregame festivities at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, Feb. 5.
  The performance, which will be televised, is Bryan’s first time singing at the Super Bowl.
  During his career, Bryan has scored 17 No.1 singles and sold nearly eight million albums. He has also found success with his fifth studio album, Kill The Lights.
  It is certified P
  
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• Tax filing season begins Monday

  23-01-2017 13:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting electronic tax returns and processing paper returns Monday as tax season begins.
  More than 153 million individual tax returns are expected to be filed this year.
  The filing deadline will be Tuesday, April 18th since the 15th falls on a Saturday and the 17th is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in D.C.
  However, the IRS expects about 15 million taxpayers will have their refunds delayed this year.
  A new law means the
  
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• Employment scam targets college students across U.S.

  23-01-2017 13:02 via kxan.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WISH) – An employment scam is targeting college students across the United States.
  According to a release, scammers are advertising fake job opportunities on college employment websites, and some students are receiving emails on their school accounts about the phony positions.
  Here’s how the scam works:
  Scammers post fake online job advertisements to recruit college students for administrative positions.
  The student employee receives counterfeit checks in the mail o
  
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• Women’s march protesters send messages with wit, strength

  23-01-2017 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — In protest of President Donald Trump – his actions, words and policy plans – more than 1 million people rallied at marches in Washington D.C. and across the world Saturday.
  Tabbed as women’s marches, the protests focused on equal rights for women, but also served as a platform for many to call out the President and his fellow lawmakers on a variety of issues.
  One thing notably absent from the DC march: arrests. In one of the largest demonstrations in the
  
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• Trump properties face global terror risk with presidency

  23-01-2017 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Businesses around the world bearing U.S. President Donald Trump’s name face an increased risk now that he is in the White House, security experts warn, especially as several are in areas previously targeted by violence.
  As Trump remains a brand overseas, criminal gangs or militants could target buildings bearing his name in gold, abduct workers associated with his enterprises for ransom or worse, they say.
  “They may kidnap a Trump worker and n
  
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• Group pushes legislature on money for after school programs

  23-01-2017 12:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Education advocates were at the Capitol Monday pushing for better Expanded Learning Opportunities.
  Texas Partnership For Out of School Time said without more funding — services could get cut. Their goal during this state legislative session — talk to lawmakers about providing resources for a grant program.  It would allow school districts to implement afterschool programs.
  Right now, most of the ELO money comes from the federal government. A bill
  
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• Samsung: Note 7 battery design, manufacturing caused fires

  23-01-2017 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that problems with the design and manufacturing of batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones caused them to overheat and burst into fire.
  The announcement of results from the company’s investigation into one of its worst product fiascos comes three months after the flagship phone was discontinued.
  Seven-hundred researchers and engineers tested more than 200,000 devices and more than 30,000 batteries and replicated what ha
  
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• Win tickets to Ballet Austin’s Belle Redux

  23-01-2017 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  We’re giving away a four-pack of tickets to see Ballet Austin’s production of Belle Redux — just in time for Valentine’s Day. Register below for your chance to win! You can find all of the details in the Official Contest Rules.
  From Ballet Austin:Following its critically acclaimed debut to sell-out audiences in 2015, Stephen Mills brings this contemporary ballet back in time for Valentine’s Day. A dark and sexy retelling of the centuries-old tale, Beauty & the B
  
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• Sierra Nevada brewery issues 36-state recall of select beers

  23-01-2017 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP/WANE) — Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has announced a recall of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPA’s and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break off into the bottle.In a statement Sunday, it said the recall applies to eight different types of its craft beers purchased in 36 states across the Midwest, the South and East Coast of the United States.
  The recalled beers were packaged between Dec. 5, 2016, and J
  
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• Georgetown man arrested for embezzlement in Pennsylvania

  23-01-2017 11:37 via kxan.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Texas man has admitted he stole nearly $850,000 from a Pittsburgh-based health care giant where he worked by arranging to hire his wife and a friend as ghost workers.
  Federal prosecutors say 48-year-old Ronald Locy faces up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty last week to embezzlement in connection with health care.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Locy, of Georgetown, Texas, was the senior director in the claims department for UPMC Health Plan.
  Prosecutors s
  
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• Super Bowl will pit Brady’s Patriots against Ryan’s Falcons

  23-01-2017 06:18 via kxan.com
  
  (AP) — A season that began with Tom Brady serving a four-game suspension will end with him in the Super Bowl, where his New England Patriots will take on Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons.
  While much of the attention between now and the NFL championship game on Feb. 5 in Houston will be focused on Brady vs. Ryan, the truly key matchup could be Atlanta’s score-at-will offense, which produced the most points during the regular season, against the unheralded defense of New England, whic
  
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• Texas lawmakers split ahead of ‘School Choice Week’

  23-01-2017 04:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people are expected to head to the Capitol this week for ‘School Choice Week”. Many push for using public tax dollars for private and home school education for Texans. A senate bill creating “Education Savings Accounts” will be filed in the coming days.
  With four young boys, Melissa Ferrell has a lot to worry about. Two go to private school, and two go to public school. She had to fight for a year to get her 11-year-old son with Dow
  
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• Local musicians hold benefit for venue that shut down abruptly

  23-01-2017 03:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After they showed up to work and found the doors lock, some local musicians held a benefit Sunday to help those who worked at a venue that shut down abruptly.
  Strange Brew, on Manchaca Road near Stassney Lane, closed its doors earlier this month after failing to pay rent.
  The owner of Donn’s Depot, a downtown piano bar, and his staff volunteered to come in on their day off to help Sunday. Half a dozen artists gave up their time to help the sound engineers, barist
  
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• 18 dead amid reported tornadoes, other storms in the South

  23-01-2017 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  ADEL, Ga. (AP) — A severe storm system that spun off apparent tornadoes and left scattered destruction around the Southeast has claimed at least 18 lives on a two-day sweep across the region, authorities said.
  The enormous system put millions of people in the South on edge during a weekend of violent weather that left crumpled trailer homes, downed trees and other damage in the hardest-hit communities from Mississippi to Georgia. The severe weather threat was still continuing Sunday night
  
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• Ground stop lifted, United Airlines flights set to resume

  23-01-2017 02:42 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — United Airlines says domestic flights are on the move again after being grounded Sunday because of a computer problem.
  Company spokeswoman Maddie King says the “IT issue” that initially caused the ground stop has been resolved and flights are resuming, but customers may experience additional delays. She didn’t give any more details.
  It was not immediately clear how many flights were affected. The ground stop lasted about 2 ½ hours.
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• Strong winds fuel fires, cause damage across area

  23-01-2017 01:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Wind gusts up to 50 mph fanned flames in at least two brush fires in Central Texas Sunday. Meanwhile, trees, power lines and gas station canopies in the area struggled to cope with the strong winds.
  The first fire happened near the community of Stairtown, about five miles west of Luling. Caldwell County emergency officials said 12 to 14 acres were scorched near State Highway 80 and FM 671. The fire has been contained.Wildland Fire FM671 & HWY 80.Fire contained. 12-14 ac
  
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• 2 suspects jailed in deadly San Antonio mall shooting

  23-01-2017 00:22 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two suspects were taken into custody after a robbery inside a shopping mall ended in a shooting that left one man dead and several other people injured, San Antonio police said.
  Police Chief William McManus said the two suspects robbed a jewelry store at the Rolling Oaks Mall on Sunday afternoon.
  After the suspects fled the store, a man identified as Jonathan Murphy, 42, tried to stop them.
  One of the robbers fatally shot Murphy, McManus said. A second individual, w
  
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• 2 suspects in custody in deadly San Antonio mall shooting

  23-01-2017 00:22 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two suspects were taken into custody after a robbery inside a shopping mall ended in a shooting that left one man dead and several other people injured, San Antonio police said.
  Police Chief William McManus said the two suspects robbed a jewelry store at the Rolling Oaks Mall on Sunday afternoon. After the suspects fled the store, a man described by McManus as a “good Samaritan” tried to stop the two men.
  One of the robbers fatally shot the man, McManus said.
  
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• 1 killed, 6 injured in shooting at San Antonio mall

  23-01-2017 00:22 via kxan.com
  
  San Antonio police confirm one person has been killed in a shooting inside Rolling Oaks Mall in San Antonio Sunday afternoon.
  Two suspects were attempting to rob the Kay Jewelers store inside the mall, around 3:30 p.m., according to SAPD Chief William McManus. When they left the store, they encountered two witnesses who tried to intervene. One of those people was shot and killed by the suspects.
  Another bystander, who has a concealed carry license, shot the suspect who fired the fatal shot.
  
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• 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at San Antonio mall

  23-01-2017 00:22 via kxan.com
  
  San Antonio police confirm one person has been killed in a shooting inside Rolling Oaks Mall in San Antonio Sunday afternoon.
  Two suspects were attempting to rob the Kay Jewelers store inside the mall, around 3:30 p.m., according to SAPD Chief William McManus. When they left the store, they encountered two witnesses who tried to intervene. One of those people was shot and killed by the suspects.
  Another bystander, who has a concealed carry license, shot the suspect who fired the fatal shot.
  
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• Round Rock dedicates bridge to Baylor’s ‘Immortal Ten’

  23-01-2017 00:07 via kxan.com
  
  Baylor alumni and family members gathered Sunday to remember the 10 basketball players, coaches and fans killed 90 years ago today in Round Rock.
  The City of Round Rock revamped the Mays Street Bridge in Baylor colors to commemorate the ‘Immortal Ten.’ They were killed when their bus was hit by a train on the bridge on Jan. 22, 1927. Ten of the 21 people on board the bus died.
  Round Rock Mayor Alan McGraw said adding the new aesthetics, including plaques and pictures of the 10 men, w
  
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